A site tracing the Catholic life and history of the Ancient Kingdom of Gwent, now known as Monmouthshire,UK from Silurian times. Linked to Mary in Monmouth download free from iTunes Store or RSS feed at end of this blog.Also MaryinMonmouth Group of Face book. Photographs of interesting places. Some Catechesis.Strength of site is in tracing obscure Gwentian saints and martyrs and digging out gems from forgotten sites.Some photographs by Chris Tottle are copyright. Sites in Welsh Marches.

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ST DAVID's CANONISATION 1120AD

WALES WIDE PILGRIMAGE IN 2020 to celebrate a thousand years since his canonisation!-using old pilgrim routes!!!

Come to the Waters....

Whoever drinks the water I will give him will never thirst, indeed the water I give him, will become in him a spring of water, welling up to Eternal Life....John 4:14

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Ancient Cwmbran and the Cistercians

St Derfel, Patron Saint of Cwmbran

Followers

St Michael as a Centaur, fighting on the side of Peter and the Church

Liam Neeson played this int he film

PODCAST IMMINENT OF THE VISIT OF THE RELICS TO CARDIFF

I took recordings of the various Masses and liturgies in the Church as the relics were being received in Cardiff on Tueday and have only lightly edited them. I was doubly glad so many people, who were not able to get in and hear the service of reception and so forth will have the possibility of listening to the Masses for Priests and Vocations, Evangelisation, and personal sanctity, Angelus, Rosary , Litany and Benediction. It was extremely crowded, but I think it captures all the excitement of that day when thousands descended on Cardiff, clapped the little saint for her Christian witness and brought her candles, red roses and many other flowers, incense and beautiful music at the evening Mass.People streamed in until the Cathedral closed at Midnight, and devotions continued all evening, with people praying for conversion of sinners, confessions, praying for priests and praying that all would accept Jesus as their personal friend and Saviour. A Mediaeval style day none will forget. And Bravo to the superb organist!

Dominicans Today buiding a new Friary in US

Procession of Friars

PODCASTS RESUMING SOON AFTER COMPUTER PROBLEMS

I am resuming podcasting later this week or next, because I hade two computer crashes and have had little time to find all the things I need to resume it. I apologise to all the fans of the podcast and all the emails.You can download them from the rss address on this blog, or even via iTunes. Many people like listening on long car journeys! There are some interesting topics coming up.So keep posted.

Dominican Friars

At Chapter

SANCTUS ILTUTUS

St Illtyd , the great Educator

St Ia sculpted by Oberammergau Sculptor

In the Catholic Church. St Ives

Spring in St Ives

The time in Bredon is

Listen free Online to the new podcast!My Pilgrimage to St Winifride's Well

Title Page of the Idylls of the King

Looking for a Quiet Peaceful holiday in a beautiful area of France?

Directions to Capel y FFin

Main road from Abergavenny to Hereford, (or Hereford to Abergavenny if coming the other way!!)Turn off to Llanvihangel Crucorney. Pass Skirrid Inn.Turn LEFT to Llanthony Priory and stay on that road, past priory and up the mountain until you come to Capel y Ffin. Turn Left to monastery, but monastery is in private hands and so you must ask permission to view. On pilgrimage days parking in designated field kindness of Mr and MRs Watkins.

St Illtyd at Gorslas, Camarthen

The Ancient Yew Tree of Mamhilad

DO YOU KNOW WHY BISHOPS WEAR POINTY HATS CALLED MITRES?

Because they represent the flames which came upon the Apostles when Jesus met them to give them these gifts and the organisation of his Church. There was a great Wind and flames of fire, and we are told they settled on the Heads of the Apostles. When the Apostles appointed their successors, the Bishops they received this headwear to remind them they are the descendents of the Apostles of Christ himself, who founded his church on the rock of Peter.

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Early British Kingdoms and Saints .

Benedictine Abbey of Bec in Normandy

Monks from here built the Priory of St Mary Magdalene in Goldcliff. The local church is still dedicated to this saint. The Church was built there after the Tsunami of 1607 which destroyed what was left of the Priory.

Truth about Relics

Relics have often been a stumbling block for people trying to understand the church. It is no different than keeping a special photo, item or clothing etc from a loved one when they have passed on. Kissing a picture or reverencing it, lighting a candle next to it or putting a poppy by it on remembrance day, just brings them alive again to you, shows them honour and respect. In the case of relics, if you can ask a living person to pray for you, then we can ask the souls who have made it to heaven to pray for us too, Having a small item which has actually touched their body or even a part of that body brings them especially close to them. The Holy Spirit has completely infused their body, So you ask this person to add their prayers to yours up above, and sometimes there are miracles as a result, although it is the prayer to Almighty God that works the miracle if there is to be one and it is his Will.

Apostles and Martyrs

Bernadette and Our Lady

Our Lady of Lourdes in Tredegar!

Saint Tewdrig /King Theoderick

An Internet bereavement Commemoration

Head of Our Lady from a fresco in the Gunter House, Abergavenny

Secret Masses were said here in times of Persecution 17th century

Hello! The first ten pictures

The first ten pictures are from Llandaff Cathedral or Abbey Church of Our Lady and St Teilo, Then there are some from Mathern Church. Please download the Internet podcast Mary in Monmouth to hear the programmes at maryinmonmouth free from iTunes. This programme is FREE as well. So just type the title Maryinmonmouth into the Store Window and you will find it then subscribe! Automatic after that!Big pictures and feeds and links are at the VERY BOTTOM of the blog! Sorry! Mary

About Me

Evelyn Nicholson is a professional singer who has sung with all the major opera companies as principal soprano.Evelyn has begun her blog influenced by her father's love of the ancient Kingdom of Gwent and to foster a defence of misconceptions about the Catholic Faith.She is a qualified catechist of the Catholic Faith.

Saturday, May 17, 2008

Today! God in Three Persons -The Most Holy and Undivided Blessed Trinity

THE HOLY TRINITY : ONE GOD

The TRINITY is One. We do not confess three Gods, but one God in three persons. And though the divine persons are really three distinct Persons, everything in the Trinity is unity, union, and harmony in the highest and most beautiful sense of the word. The mystery of the Most Holy Trinity is the central mystery of the Christian faith and of Christian life. God alone can make it known to us by revealing himself as Father, Son and Holy Spirit.

In the words of the Athanasian Creed: "the Father is God, the Son is God, and the Holy Spirit is God, and yet there are not three Gods but one God." In this Trinity of Persons the Son is begotten of the Father by an eternal generation, and the Holy Spirit proceeds by an eternal procession from the Father and the Son.

Yet, despite this difference as to origin, the Persons are co-eternal and co-equal: all alike are uncreated and omnipotent. This, the Church teaches, is the revelation regarding God's nature which Jesus Christ, the Son of God, came upon earth to deliver to the world: and which she proposes to man as the foundation of her whole dogmatic system.

What does the Bible say?

The evidence from the Gospels culminates in the baptismal commission of Matthew 28:20. It is manifest from the narratives of the Evangelists that Christ only made the great truth known to the Twelve step by step. First He taught them to recognize in Himself the Eternal Son of God. When His ministry was drawing to a close, He promised that the Father would send another Divine Person, the Holy Spirit, in His place. Finally after His resurrection, He revealed the doctrine in explicit terms, bidding them "go and teach all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Ghost" (Matthew 28:18).

Hymn to the Trinity for John Paul II

<em>The diocese of Rome published the written prayer to implore favours through the intercession of the late Pope John Paul II.In the last phase of the process of beatification, proof will be required of a miracle attributed to Karol Wojtyla's intercession. Here is the text of the prayer:

O Blessed Trinity, We thank you for having graced the Church with Pope John Paul II and for allowing the tenderness of your Fatherly care, the glory of the cross of Christ, and the splendour of the Holy Spirit,to shine through him. Trusting fully in Your infinite mercy and in the material intercession of Mary, he has given us a living imageof Jesus the Good Shepherd, and has shown us that holiness is the necessary measure of ordinary Christian lifeand is the way of achieving eternal communion with you. Grant us by his intercession, and according to Your will, the graces we implore............. hoping that he will soon be numbered among your saints. Amen

Old Welsh Hymn to the Glorious and Blessed Trinity!

I praise the threefoldTrinity as GodWho is One and ThreeA single power in unity.His attributes a single MysteryOne God to praiseGreat King I praise you.

Great your glory.Your praise is true;I am the one who praises you.Poetry's welfareIs in the Lord God's care.Hail to you O ChristFather, SonAnd Holy SpiritOur Adonai.

Now I praise Two.Who is One and ThreeWho is truly ThreeTo doubt him is not easy.Who made fruit and flowing waterAnd all variety.God is his name as twoGodly his words God is his name as ThreeGodly is powerGod is his name as OneThe God of Paul and Anthony.(of the desert)

I praise the One who is Two and OneWho is Three togetherWho is God himselfHe made Mars and LunaMan and WomanThe difference of sound betweenshallow water and deep.He made the hot and the cold. The sun and the moon.The word on the tabletAnd the flame in the candle.Love in our sensesA girl, dear and tender (Mary)And burned five cities Because of false union. (Genesis 19)

Welsh Poem

Maytime is the Fairest Season

Maytime is the Fairest SeasonWith its loud birdsong and great green trees.When the plough is in the furrowAnd the Oxen under the yoke.When the sea is greenAnd the land many colours.

But when the cuckoos sing on the topsOf the lovely trees, my sadness deepensThe smoke stings and my grief is clearSince my brothers have passed away.

On the hills and in the valleyOn the islands of the seaWhichever path you takeYou shall not hide from the Blessed Christ.

It was our wish, Our Brother, our WayTo go to the land of your exileSeven saints and seven score and seven hundredWent to the one court with our Blessed ChristAnd were without fear.

The gift I askMay it not be denied meIs peace between myself and GodMay I find the way to the gate of gloryMay I not be sad O Christ at your court!

Bardic Hymn to the Trinity

To the Trinity I make my PrayerO Lord grant me the skill to sing your praise!For the bustle of the World is perilous for the soulAnd our deeds and decisions cause irate concernAmong the company of the Saints, that is the heavenly family.King of Heaven, may I be eloquent in my praise of you.

Before my soul departs from my BodyGrant me to pray for my sinsAnd to sing entreaty before your Glory!May I be part of the Blessed Trinity.

I seek and desire, O People of the EarthThe nine orders of Heaven, the feast of the hostsAnd the tenth, which is the Blessed company of the SaintsThe nations shall be glorious.A great HostTheir noble victory clear to seeThe ranks who look upon God.

In heaven, on earth at my endIn times of joy and sorrow and tribulation,In my body and in my soul and in austerityLong preparation before theapproach of gloryI shall beg you, Lord of the Land of Peace,That my soul shall rest in LifeFor all eternity, in the highest placeIn the land of Heaven I shall not be refused.

For many more such writings and poetry about Celtic Spirituality 'Classics of Western Spirituality'-translated and introduced by Oliver Davies. Paulist Press NY0-8091-0505-5. amazon

O LUX BEATA TRINITAS

This hymn is ascribed to St. Ambrose (340-397) and is used for Sunday Vespers for the second and fourth weeks of the Psalter in the Liturgy of the Hours. The hymn appears in the Roman Breviary under the title of Iam sol recedit igneus, where it is the Vespers hymn for the ferial office on Saturdays and Trinity Sunday.

All praise to God the Father be;all praise, Eternal Son, to Thee;all glory, as is ever meet,to God the Holy Paraclete.

Could Madeleine be in Brazil?

Sighting published 13 May

Interpol is investigating a possible sighting of Madeleine McCann on a plane to Sao Paulo.A British woman passenger has claimed to have seen Madeleine on a jet a month and a half ago.Interpol's chief Jorge Pontes said: "This sighting is still under investigation so we cannot reveal details. We have a witness insisting they saw the child on a flight to Sao Paulo.”

A foreign Embassy in Brazil reported the sighting to Interpol but Brazilian cops have refused to reveal which Embassy, claiming it could interfere with their investigations.Since Madeleine’s disappearance there have been several sightings in the country and police said that their sightings dossier is 40 pages thick.